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Renaud Le Squeren, Partner – Avocat à la Cour at DSM Avocats à la Cour and Vice President of APDL, participated in Data Privacy Day and spoke on the topic of “international data transfers: new complications, thoughts and solutions”.
Slides: https://dataprivacyday.lu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/05_APDL_DataPrivacyDay2023.pdf
To know more about the speakers and the event (DataPrivacyDay 2023): https://dataprivacyday.lu/
A DATA PROTECTION EXPERT (Lawyer or jurist)
Company: DSM Avocats à la cour
Location: Luxembourg
Contract Type: Permanent
The ceremony recognised organisations and professionals for their strong commitment and engaged work towards the continued development of cybersecurity -and data protection-related activities.
DPO of the Year: Maximilien Spielmann, Commissaire du Gouvernement à la protection des données auprès de l’État
CISO of the Year: Guy Isler, CISO, Centre Commun de la Sécurité Sociale
Huge congratulations to all of them
More information here
The APDL and Sopra Steria organized a virtual breakfast “Guidelines on the retention and destruction of data under the GDPR” on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
The content of this event was based on a guide developed by the APDL Technical Commission which had initiated work on the management of data retention and erasure including the treatment of backlogs of data or paper archives.
During this event, the legal framework was recalled and a methodological approach as well as practical examples were exposed. Then the technical aspects of data retention and destruction for the different data formats were discussed and finally a data detection tool was presented.
Here you will find the presentation material and the guide.
The APDL warmly thanks its sponsor SOPRA STERIA for the practical organization of the event as well as the various speakers whose contact details you will find below:
Technical Commission: technique@apdl.lu
APDL joined the call for the implementation of secure instant messaging standards that protect privacy and people’s rights, and that do not rely on a single entity.
We are currently 25 supporting entities and seek to increase the number of public and private players as well as citizens joining the movement.
The Position Paper, including the up-to-date list of supporters, went public, Tuesday 09 March 2021, together with the attached Press Release.
A dedicated website has been created and can be accessed at: https://trustworthy.messaging.lu
The entire Board of Directors sends you its best wishes for the year 2021!
The award goes to Eric Bedell, DPO of Franklin Templeton.
When receiving the Award, Eric Bedell declared he “gives a lot of value to the DPO of the Year award as it is bestowed by peers.”
Stéphane Omnes, DPO of POST Luxembourg, underlined that “DPO had to manage new challenges due to the health situation.” with one key focus: “How to grant the security of employees and customers with respect of their privacy?”
Do the Covid tracking applications respect the fundamental principles of personal data protection? Emma Goodwin and Renaud Le Squeren, two administrators of the APDL brought elements of answers on the subject during the webinar given as part of Cybersecurity Week 2020.
Find the presentation support here: APDL Cybersecurity week RLS
Replay : https://youtu.be/ppaLvft1umE
Link to the article on the Cybersecurity Week site: https://www.cybersecurityweek.lu/les-applications-de-tracage-covid-19-et-vos-donnees-personnelles/
Link to the interview in Silicon Luxembourg : https://www.siliconluxembourg.lu/what-is-the-value-of-tracking-apps/
The APDL Annual General Meeting took place on Wednesday, October 7 in the premises of DSM.
Following the candidacies submitted prior to the General Assembly meeting, fourteen members were elected to replace members of the board of directors at the end of their term of office or who have resigned, in the persons of:
The AGM was followed by a conference given by Mr Habran of the CNPD on the impact of the Schrems II judgment.
From left to right: Christophe Buschmann (CNPD), Nathalie Sprauer (Présidente), Henri Damiani (Secrétaire), Renaud Le Squeren (Vice Président), Arnaud Habran (CNPD)
LëtzBlock, the Luxembourg Blockchain & DLT Association, is currently drafting a paper on “smart contracts” legal framework in Luxembourg and has recently launched a survey to invite interested stakeholders to share their views on this topic(with a focus on legal and regulatory matters).
As a preliminary remark, the starting point for our survey was the lack of a common understanding among developers of smart contracts and the legal profession over the meaning of the term “smart contracts” and the legal uncertainties deriving from this lack of consensus.
LëtzBlock is therefore proposing a definition that has the potential to satisfy the requirements of both lawyers and blockchain and smart contracts’ developers and is seeking wider public consultation on the definition which is given below:
“A smart contract is a computerised transaction protocol between two or more parties. It may be self-executing. It can qualify as a contract within the meaning of Luxembourg Civil Code if the relevant criteria of articles 1101 and 1108 mainly are met.”
LëtzBlock is very interested in exploring how compliance with data protection requirements can be achieved in this area.
APDL is happy to support this initiate and invites his members to participate in the survey.
How can you share your views?
You can respond to the LëtzBlock survey available via the following link
https://smartcontractsurvey.evalandgo.com/s/index.php?a=JTk2cSU5NmglOUYlQUU=&id=JTk3cSU5QXAlOTYlQjE=
by 15 November 2020.
Feel free to quickly jump to page 12 if you wish to focus on data protection or/and don’t have too much time to spend on completing this survey
If you prefer to provide feedback orally, a conference call may be organised by sending an email at smartcontract@letzblock.com
Apply to become an active member of our Smart Contract working group by contacting LëtzBlock at smartcontract@letzblock.com
Please note that you do not need to provide personal data and responses will be anonymised if needed and grouped.
Your answers will help LëtzBlock to finalise the above-mentioned white paper, supported by current market views on the Luxembourg legal and regulatory framework applicable to Smart Contracts and the new opportunities that they may bring to Luxembourg.
In due course, LëtzBlock will organise an event dedicated to the presentation of survey results and of the final white paper. Details will be shared with you via LëtzBlock social media or via the APDL website.
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